Atty. Gus Kallergis
Gus Kallergis, a Partner and Co-Chair of Calfee's Business Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group, has significant experience with both large and middle market Chapter 11 and business restructuring and commercial matters. Gus focuses primarily on corporate restructuring, commercial and creditors’ rights, workouts, distressed sales and acquisitions and other insolvency-related matters.
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Gus Kallergis is a bankruptcy attorney based in Cleveland, Ohio, practicing at WH Burkley, LLP. Admitted to practice in United States, Ohio. Educated at University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1999) and Yale University (B.A., 1996). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Bankruptcy (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026). Serands clients in Cleveland, OH and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Gus Kallergis, a Partner and Co-Chair of Calfee's Business Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group, has significant experience with both large and middle market Chapter 11 and business restructuring and commercial matters
- Gus focuses primarily on corporate restructuring, commercial and creditors’ rights, workouts, distressed sales and acquisitions and other insolvency-related matters
- He has experience representing borrowers, debtors, directors, creditors, buyers of assets and businesses, secured lenders, ad hoc bondholder committees, official creditors’ committees, Chapter 7 trustees, lessors, lessees and other parties in commercial, distressed or insolvency-related transactions and litigation both inside and outside of bankruptcy
- Gus regularly represents lenders in DIP financing, workouts, loan sales, debt to equity conversion strategies, and collateral dispositions through U.C.C
- Article 9 (secured party sales/friendly foreclosure), bankruptcy and receivership
- Gus also has extensive experience representing borrowers and lenders in commercial finance matters and also counseling clients with Uniform Commercial Code issues and controversies
- A substantial portion of Gus’ practice is devoted to representing buyers interested in acquiring assets out of bankruptcy, receivership and other distressed situations, including secured party sales
- Gus has been listed as a "Leading Lawyer" in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2021) in Ohio for Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© (2016-2022) in the areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law as well as Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Gus also has been selected to the Ohio Super Lawyers list (2017-2021)
- Gus is a director (2014 – present) and currently the President of the Northern Ohio Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association and a member of the Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute and ACG Cleveland
- He serves on the Parish Council at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral
- He is a trustee of the Cleveland AHEPA Scholarship Fund
- Gus also serves on the board of the Shaker Youth Hockey Association (President 2019-2021)
- Before joining Calfee in 2008, Gus was an associate at Jones Day
- He became a Calfee partner in 2011
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Practicing law in Ohio. Legal matters in Ohio are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Cleveland are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Ohio state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Ohio brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Ohio courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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